5-bedroom, 7-bath riverfront home in beachside Melbourne sells for $4.2 million

Take a look at 3460 Riverside Drive, which sold for $4.2 million. The owner was Christopher Burton, founder of Christopher Burton Luxury Homes. Photos provided by SIX. Video by Jennifer Sangalang, FLORIDA TODAY
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The sale of 3460 Riverside Dr., Melbourne, built by Christopher Burton, is the county's second largest residential home sale in Brevard County.
The $4.2 million sale was finalized Wednesday.(Photo: Provided Hart to Hart Real Estate)

Wednesday's closing was second in price to the current largest transaction, the $9 million sale of a nine-acre estate — nicknamed Meander estate — at 6585 South Tropical Trail, Merritt Island, in February.

"I think the sale of the property is indicative of this area no longer being a hidden secret, but the reason it's the largest sale beachside is the property was the perfect storm," said Kalli Kamholz-Ecker of Hart to Hart Real Estate.

"It is one of the nicest lots on Riverside Drive, matched with the top builder and it was his personal home so the attention to detail was second to none," Kamholz-Ecker said. "The buyers really loved every detail in the house, and especially the outdoors it is like being at a resort."

Burton built the 6,080-square-foot in 2015. It boasts five bedrooms and seven bathrooms on a 1.6-acre lot overlooking the Indian River.

Prior to the Burton home transaction, the second-largest residential sale was the $4 million paid in April 2015 for the estate of the late Al Neuharth, founder of FLORIDA TODAY and USA TODAY. Neuharth called the oceanfront home the "Pumpkin Center." As part of that sale, the buyers also purchased an adjacent lot from the estate for $1 million.

The 10,000-square-foot beachfront property in Cocoa Beach was destroyed in a March 5, 2016, fire and is being rebuilt.

Earlier this week FLORIDA TODAY reported on the record $2.2 million condominium sale just south of Cocoa Beach.

Vanilla Ice threw the ultimate house party in Melbourne Beach for the season 7 premiere of 'The Vanilla Ice Project' on the DIY Network. Video posted June 24, 2017, by Jennifer Sangalang, FLORIDA TODAY
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Vanilla Ice hosted a house party June 24, 2017, in Melbourne Beach complete with open bar, food, pool party, a DJ, and a little rapping by the 1990s rapper himself. The reality TV star renovated the beachfront home for his show, "The Vanilla Ice Project." JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

A few Lamborghinis rolled into town for "the Melbourne Beach" episode of "The Vanilla Ice Project" on DIY Network. The home will be featured in the season 7 premiere on July 15, 2017. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

A few Lamborghinis rolled into town for "the Melbourne Beach" episode of "The Vanilla Ice Project" on DIY Network. The home will be featured in the season 7 premiere on July 15, 2017. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

This Melbourne Beach beachfront home, which will be featured on season 7 of "The Vanilla Ice Project" on DIY Network, has a dinner table that turns into a hibachi grill and lights up with LED lights. The view, of course, is an ocean one. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

Vanilla Ice, 1990s rapper and star of DIY Network's "The Vanilla Ice Project," hosted a house party at a Melbourne Beach home that he renovated for the show's seventh season. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

Even the cabinet fixtures are iced out! Vanilla Ice, co-star Wes Kain and the crew of DIY Network's "The Vanilla Ice Project" remodeled a Melbourne Beach home for season 7. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

A few Lamborghinis rolled into town for "the Melbourne Beach" episode of "The Vanilla Ice Project" on DIY Network. The home will be featured in the season 7 premiere on July 15, 2017. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

Vanilla Ice, 1990s rapper and star of DIY Network's "The Vanilla Ice Project," hosted a house party at a Melbourne Beach home that he renovated for the show's seventh season. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

A few Lamborghinis rolled into town for "the Melbourne Beach" episode of "The Vanilla Ice Project" on DIY Network. The home will be featured in the season 7 premiere on July 15, 2017. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

The Melbourne Beach home has a customized elevator. A sign that reads "Don't even think about it" warns guests at Vanilla Ice's open house party on June 24, 2017, not to mess with it. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

With a nod to the Space Coast, the Melbourne Beach home features a rocketship play area for kids. There are splash fountains and sprinklers around it to keep kids entertained -- and cool. JENNIFER SANGALANG/FLORIDA TODAY

FLORIDA TODAY Zap Squad's Heath Chapman, left, in white, attended the open house party of the Melbourne Beach home featured on the DIY Network's "The Vanilla Ice Project." SHELLIE CHAPMAN/FOR FLORIDA TODAY